Pulse Lab: Pulse Lab New York
Communications Intern (Strategic)
Deadline to apply: 15 September 2021 Duties and Responsibilities The intern will work closely with the communications team and the innovation strategy workstream to contribute to producing communications materials that help streamline UNGP processes. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to support of the following activities: Assist with maintaining project management tools and repositories …
Communications Intern (Visual and Design)
Deadline to apply: 15 September 2021 Duties and Responsibilities The intern will work closely with the technical team and the communications team to contribute to producing communications materials on various digital innovation projects. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to, support of the following activities: Assist with condensing technology and data science research findings …
Artificial Intelligence Research Analyst
Deadline to apply: 27 August 2021 Duties and Responsibilities Under the supervision of the Chief Data Scientist UNOPS is seeking an ICT Senior Analyst – [Artificial Intelligence Research Analyst] to perform methodological and operational research and create solutions for development and humanitarian challenges. The incumbent will execute the following duties: Support the design and implementation of …
Comparing Sources of Mobility for Modelling the Epidemic Spread of Zika Virus in Colombia
Timely, accurate, and comparative data on human mobility is of paramount importance for epidemic preparedness and response, but generally not available or easily accessible. Mobile phone metadata, typically in the form of Call Detail Records (CDRs), represents a powerful source of information on human movements at an unprecedented scale. In this work, we investigate the …
Health Data Governance Summit
Improving evidence-based health outcomes depends on data that is available, timely, actionable and reliable. Health data needs to be collected, stored, shared transparently and analysed based on the foundations of strong data governance. The momentum for health data being a Global Public Good requires: i) consensus building, ii) investment (technical, regulatory and policy), iii) implementation …
Data Networks: Towards Realizing the Extraordinariness of Data as a Resource
To unlock data as a resource, one solution is new types of data aggregators that bring together public and private data and grant access to data to the right actors for the right reasons. At UN Global Pulse (and elsewhere), we call them data networks.